The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office 2-Cagayan Valley has initially provided 250 family food packs (FFPs) and 250 non-food items (NFIs) to residents of the coastal town of Maconacon in Isabela province who were evacuated as Typhoon Marce trails Northern Luzon. Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the DSWD spokesperson, said the relief aid was swiftly distributed to a total of 250 families who are currently staying in eight open evacuation centers in nearby areas. “Based on our 6:00 a.m. report, 250 FFPs have already been released by Field Office […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Wednesday (November 6) joined President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. during the Camarines Sur leg of the Presidential Assistance to Farmers, Fisherfolks, and Families (PAFFF) held at the Fuerte Sports Complex in Pili, Camarines Sur. In the aid giving, a total of Php50 million under the Ayuda Para Sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) were distributed to 5,000 farmers and fisherfolks from 15 municipalities of Camarines Sur, whose livelihoods were disrupted following the widespread flooding due to Severe Tropical Storm Kristine. Among Cabinet officials who supervised the aid distribution were […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian assured families and individuals affected by Severe Tropical Storm  (STS) Kristine in the Bicol Region that the agency is ready to provide all forms of assistance until they attain full recovery. “Nandun na tayo sa recovery, meaning alam natin na habang kinukumpuni ng mga tao, they are going back to their normal lives, kailangan pa rin nating bigyan ng suportang pagkain kasi nga bumabalik pa lang sila sa normal scene. Nandyan pa rin kami sa normal recovery stage ng kanilang buhay,” Secretary Gatchalian said during an interview with reporters on […]

Amid the looming impact of Severe Tropical Storm (STS) Marce, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured local government units (LGUs) that the agency has an available stockpile of 1,351,815 boxes of family food packs (FFPs) that can be readily tapped for emergency disaster response, particularly those areas along the track of the latest weather disturbance. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian made this assurance on Tuesday (November 5) in his brief report during the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Preparedness Meeting for Tropical Cyclone Marce held at the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) in Camp […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has been non-stop in producing family food packs (FFPs) to replenish those being distributed in the ongoing disaster operations for Severe Tropical Storm (STS) Kristine and Super Typhoon (ST) Leon and in anticipation of the impact of Severe Tropical Storm (STS) Marce. “Day and night, our DSWD personnel, joined by our volunteers, are tirelessly producing family food packs to ensure that we will not run out of supplies amid our continuous relief operations for families that are still reeling from the widespread impact of the previous storms,” Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will lead the Philippine delegation in the first Global Ministerial Conference (GMC) on Ending Violence Against Children (VAC) in Bogota, Colombia on November 7 to 8. DSWD Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Attached and Supervised Agencies (IAASA) Elaine Fallarcuna said the global conference is an opportunity for participating member states to concretely accelerate action to end VAC and to pledge new commitments on preventing and ending VAC. “The DSWD is honored to attend the Global Ministerial Conference on Ending VAC. In this event, we will express the Philippine’s commitment in strengthening child […]

Families and individuals affected by Severe Tropical Storm (STS) Kristine in the Province of Batangas receive financial assistance from President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian during the distribution of presidential assistance to select farmers, fisherfolk and their families. More than 4,000 beneficiaries from the municipalities of Talisay, Laurel, and Agoncillo received Php10,000 each under the DSWD’s Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) during the consecutive aid distribution in Talisay and Laurel, Batangas on Monday (November 4). Both PAFFF events in Batangas were supervised by Secretary Gatchalian and other key […]

A senior official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) cited strong national and regional policies as vital factors in the protection of persons in the event of disasters (PPED) during a side-event of the 34th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent held in Geneva, Switzerland last October 28. “The Philippines, being a disaster-prone country, ensures that its disaster risk management laws are properly implemented, as well as, revisited to match the ever-increasing frequency and severity of disasters,” said Asst. Secretary for Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Irene Dumlao, who served as one of the […]